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Overview

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5.8/10   19,699 votes
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Director:
Writers (WGA):
Ryne Douglas Pearson (novel)
Lawrence Konner (screenplay) ...
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Release Date:
3 April 1998 (USA) more
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Tagline:
Someone knows too much. more
Plot:
Bruce Willis is an outcast FBI agent who is assigned to protect a 9 year old autistic boy who is the... more | add synopsis
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2 wins more
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Cast

  (Cast overview, first billed only)

Bruce Willis ... Art Jeffries

Alec Baldwin ... Nicholas Kudrow
Miko Hughes ... Simon Lynch

Chi McBride ... Tommy B. Jordan

Kim Dickens ... Stacey

Robert Stanton ... Dean Crandell

Bodhi Elfman ... Leo Pedranski (as Bodhi Pine Elfman)

Carrie Preston ... Emily Lang

Lindsey Ginter ... Burrell (as L.L. Ginter)

Peter Stormare ... Shayes

Kevin Conway ... Lomax

John Carroll Lynch ... Martin Lynch

Kelley Hazen ... Jenny Lynch

John Doman ... Supervisor Hartley
Richard Riehle ... Edgar Halstrom
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Additional Details

Also Known As:
Mercury Falling (USA) (working title)
Simon (USA) (working title)
Simon Says (USA) (working title)
Simple Simon (USA) (working title)
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MPAA:
Rated R for violence and language.
Runtime:
111 min
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Color (Eastmancolor)
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2.35 : 1 more
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The wine that Art opens in Kudrow's basement is Chateau Petrus from Pomerol (identifiable by the red seal at the bottom left corner of the label), probably the most expensive Bordeaux red wine, and contrary to what Art said in the movie, even young Petrus costs much more than $75 per bottle. more
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Revealing mistakes: In the subway tunnel, part of the supposedly stone wall moves when Jeffries brushes up against it. more
Quotes:
[first lines]
FBI Supervisor Hartley: Let's go down.
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Movie Connections:
Featured in Watch the Mercury Rising (1999) (V) more
Soundtrack:
London Jam more

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18 out of 29 people found the following comment useful.
Killed by its own premise, 13 January 2007
5/10
Author: jic-1 from Camberley, England

This movie has one huge problem: *its basic premise makes no sense at all*. Killing the kid is in absolutely nobody's interest. His codebreaking skill would be of immeasurable value to the very people who are trying to kill him, while safeguarding the code without killing him would be fairly straightforward. This is so obvious that it essentially ruins the whole movie.

The rest of the movie is OK if you ignore that problem. The performances are generally good, and Miko Hughes is excellent as Simon. There is nothing here you haven't seen a dozen times before, but it's generally well done. It's not worth making any real effort to see this movie, but you probably won't have a bad time if you do.

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